God has given me light regarding our periodicals. What is it? He has said
that the dead are to speak. How? Their works shall follow them. We are to repeat the words of the pioneers in
our work, who knew what it cost to search for the truth as for hidden treasure, and who labored to lay the
foundation of our work. They moved forward step by step under the influence of the Spirit of God. One by one
these pioneers are passing away. The word given me is, Let that which these men have written in the past be
reproduced. And in The Signs of the Times let not the articles be long or the print fine. Do not try to crowd
everything into one number of the paper. Let the print be good, and let earnest, living experiences be put into
the paper.

Not
long ago I took up a copy of the Bible Echo. As I looked it through, I saw an article by
ElderHaskell and one by Elder
Corliss. As I laid the paper down, I said, These articles must be reproduced. There is truth and power in
them. Men spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Let
the truths that are the foundation of our faith be kept before the people. Some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. They talk science, and the enemy comes in and gives
them an abundance of science; but it is not the science of salvation. It is not the science of humility, of
consecration, or of the sanctification of the Spirit. We are now to understand what the pillars of our faith
are,-the truths that have made us as a people what we are, leading us on step by step. Review and Herald May 25,
1905

Early Experiences

After the passing of the time in 1844 we searched for the truth as
for hidden treasure. I met with the brethren, and we studied and prayed earnestly. Often we remained together
until late at night, and sometimes through the entire night, praying for light and studying the Word. Again
and again these brethren came together to study the Bible, in order that they might know its meaning, and be
pre- pared to teach it with power. When they came to the point in their study where they said, "We can do
nothing more," the Spirit of the Lord would come upon me. I would be taken off in vision, and a clear
explanation of the passages we had been studying would be given me, with instruction as to how we were to
labor and teach effectively. Thus light was given that helped us to understand the scriptures in regard to
Christ, his mission, and his priesthood. A line of truth extending from that time to the time when we shall
enter the city of God, was made plain to me, and I gave to others the instruction that the Lord had given
me.

During this whole time I could not understand the reasoning of the brethren. My mind was
locked, as it were, and I could not comprehend the meaning of the scriptures we were studying. This was one of
the greatest sorrows of my life. I was in this condition of mind until all the principal points of our faith
were made clear to our minds, in harmony with the Word of God. The brethren knew that, when not in vision, I
could not understand these matters, and they accepted, as light directly from heaven, the revelations
given.

Many
errors arose, and though I was then little more than a child, I was sent by the Lord from place to place to
rebuke those who were holding these false doctrines. There were those who were in danger of going into
fanaticism, and I was bidden in the name of the Lord to give them a warning from
heaven.

We
shall have to meet these same false doctrines again. There will be those who will claim to have visions. When
God gives you clear evidence that the vision is from him, you may accept it, but do not accept it on any other
evidence; for people are going to be led more and more astray in foreign countries and in America. The Lord
wants his people to act like men and women of sense.Review and Herald May 25, 1905

Other Quotations

In the future, deception of every kind is to arise, and we want
solid ground for our feet. We want solid pillars for the building. Not one pin is to be removed from that
which the Lord has established. The enemy will bring in false theories, such as the doctrine that there is no
sanctuary. This is one of the points on which there will be a departing from the faith. Where shall we find
safety unless it be in the truths that the Lord has been giving for the last fifty years? (Ellen White,
Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, May 5, 1905)

Let
Pioneers Identify Truth.-When the power of God testifies as to what is truth, that truth is to stand forever as
the truth. No after suppositions, contrary to the light God has given are to be entertained. Men will arise with
interpretations of Scripture which are to them truth, but which are not truth. The truth for this time, God has
given us as a foundation for our faith. He Himself has taught us what is truth. One will arise, and still
another, with new light which contradicts the light that God has given under the demonstration of His Holy
Spirit.

A few are still alive who passed through the experience gained in
the establishment of this truth. God has graciously spared their lives to repeat and repeat till the close of
their lives, the experience through which they passed even as did John the apostle till the very close of his
life. And the standard-bearers who have fallen in death, are to speak through the reprinting of their
writings. I am instructed that thus their voices are to be heard. They are to bear their testimony as to what
constitutes the truth for this time. Preach the Word, p. 5. (Ellen White, 1905, Counsels to Writers and
Editors, pages 31, 32)

Warnings Against Removing
Landmarks

When men come in who would move one pin or pillar from the
foundation which God has established by His Holy Spirit, let the aged men who were pioneers in our work speak
plainly, and let those who are dead speak also, by the reprinting of their articles in our periodicals.
Gather up the rays of divine light that God has given as He has led His people on step by step in the way of
truth. This truth will stand the test of time and trial. Ms 62, 1905

The
Testimony of Pioneer Workers.-I have had presentations regarding the deceptions that Satan is bringing in at
this time. I have been instructed that we should make prominent the testimony of some of the old workers who are
now dead. Let them continue to speak through their articles astound in the early numbers of our papers. These
articles should now be reprinted, that there may be a living voice from the Lord's witnesses. The history of the
early experiences in the message will be a power to with- stand the masterly ingenuity of Satan's deceptions.
This instruction has been repeated recently. I must present before the people the testimonies of Bible truth,
and repeat the decided messages given years ago. I desire that my sermons given at camp meetings and in churches
may live and do their appointed work. Letter 99, 1905. (Ellen White, 1905, Counsels to Writers and Editors, page
26)

I
long daily to be able to do double duty. I have been pleading with the Lord for strength and wisdom to reproduce
the writings of the witnesses who were confirmed in the faith in the early history of the message. After the
passing of the time in 1844, they received the light and walked in the light, and when the men claiming to have
new light would come in with their wonderful messages regarding various points of Scripture, we had, through the
moving of the Holy Spirit, testimonies right to the point, which cut off the influence of such messages as Elder
A. F. Ballenger has been devoting his time to presenting. This poor man has been working decidedly against the
truth that the Holy Spirit has confirmed. When the power of God testifies as to what is truth, that truth is to
stand forever as the truth. No after suppositions contrary to the light God has given are to be entertained.
...

We
are not to receive the words of those who come with a message that contradicts the special points of our faith.
They gather together a mass of Scripture and pile it as proof around their asserted theories. This has been done
over and over again during the past fifty years. And while the Scriptures are God's Word, and are to be
respected, the application of them, if such application moves one pillar of the foundation that God has
sustained these fifty years, is a great mistake. He who makes such an application knows not the wonderful
demonstration of the Holy Spirit that gave power and force to the past messages that have come to the people of
God.

Elder Ballenger's proofs are not reliable. If received, they would destroy the faith of God's
people in the truth that has made us what we are. We must be decided on this subject, for the points that he is
trying to prove by Scripture are not sound. They do not prove that the past experience of God's people was a
fallacy. We had the truth: we were directed by the angels of God. It was under the guidance of the Holy Spirit
that the presentation of the sanctuary question was given. It is eloquence for everyone to keep silent in regard
to the features of our faith in which they acted no part.

God
never contradicts Himself. Scripture proofs are misapplied if forced to testify to that which is not true.
Another and still another will arise and bring in supposedly great light, and make their assertions. But we
stand by the old landmarks.

I am
instructed to say that these words we may use as appropriate for this time, for the time has come when sin must
be called by its right name. We are hindered in our work by men who are not converted, who seek their own glory.
They wish to be thought originators of new theories, which they present, claiming that they are truth. But if
these theories are received, they will lead to a denial of the truth that for the past fifty years God has been
giving to His people, substantiating it by the demonstration of the Holy Spirit.

Let all men beware what is the character of their work. They would
better be failing into line for their own souls' sake and for the sake of the souls of others. "If we walk in
the light as He is in the light, the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin" (I John 1:7).
It is nothing to the credit of any man to start on a new track, using Scripture to substantiate theories of
error, leading minds into confusion, away from the truths that are to be indelibly impressed on the minds of
God's people, that they may hold fast to the faith -Letter 329, 1905. (To J. A. Burden, December 11, 1905).
(Ellen White, 1905, Manuscript Release No. 760: The Integrity of the Sanctuary Truth, pages
18-20)

The
Leading points of our faith as we hold them today were firmly established. Point after point was clearly
defined, and all the brethren came into harmony. The whole company of believers were united in the truth. There
were those who came in with strange doctrines, but we were never afraid to meet them. Our experience was
wonderfully established by the revelation of the Holy Spirit. MS 135, 1903

The
record of the experience through which the people of God passed in the early history of our work must be
republished. Many of those who have since come into the truth are ignorant of the way in which the Lord wrought.
The experience of William Miller and his associates, of Captain Joseph Bates, and of other pioneers in the
advent message, should be kept before our people. Elder Loughborough's book should receive attention. Our
leading men should see what can be done for the circulation of this book. (Ellen White, Counsels to Writers and
Editors, page 145)

Now
the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot
iron. I Tim. 4:1,2.

I am
instructed that the Lord, by His infinite power, has preserved the right hand of His messenger for more than
half a century, in order that the truth, may be written out as He bids me write it for publication, in
periodicals and books, Why?- Because if it were not thus written out, when the pioneers in the faith shall die,
there would be many, new in the faith, who would sometimes accept as messages of truth teachings that contain
erroneous sentiments and dangerous fallacies. Sometimes that which men teach as "special light" is in reality
specious error, which, as tares sown among the wheat, will spring up and produce a baleful harvest. And errors
of this sort will be entertained by some until the close of this earth's history.

There are some, who upon accepting erroneous theories, strive to establish them by collecting
from my writings statements of truth, which they use, separated from their proper connection and perverted by
association with error. Thus seeds of heresy, springing up and growing rapidly into strong plants, are
surrounded by many precious plants of truth, and in this way a mighty effort is made to vindicate the
genuineness of the spurious plants.

So
it was with the heresies taught in Living Temple. (A BOOK EXPRESSING PANTHEISTIC SENTIMENTS PUBLISHED BY J. H.
KELLOGG.) The subtle errors in this book were surrounded by many beautiful truths. ... The seductive fallacies
of Satan undermined confidence in the true pillars of the faith, which are grounded on Bible evidence. Truth is
sustained by a plain "Thus saith the Lord." But there has been a weaving in of error, and the use of scriptures
out of their natural connection, in order to substantiate fallacies, which would deceive, if possible, the very
elect. ...

Let
not the days pass by and precious opportunities be lost of seeking the Lord with all the heart and mind and
soul. If we accept not the truth in the love of it, we may be among the number who will see the miracles wrought
by Satan in these last days, and believe them.-Letter 136, April 27, 1906, to Brethren Butler, Daniells, and
Irwin. (Ellen White, 1906, This Day with God, page 126)